rotogravure

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press
  2. noun printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press
  3. noun using photography to produce a plate for printing

Etymology

From German Rotogravur, derived from the Berlin printing firm Rotogravur Deutsche Tiefdruck Gesellschaft, the name of which is conjectured to be a portmanteau of Rotophot and Deutsche Photogravur.

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